Patient advocacy for complicated neurological conditions. United States only.
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You shouldn't have to make a complicated medical story understandable on your own. I review the records and history you share, help you sort through the questions that still need answers, and prepare you to talk with your care team.
Meet the Pocket Advocate team
Pocket Advocate is growing into a multidisciplinary team of advocates and medical professionals.
How pricing works
What you're paying for
Advocacy takes time: reading records, putting a history in order, researching questions, making calls, and keeping track of what still needs to happen. You're paying for that work and for someone to help you keep the thread.
Three ways to work together
- Advocate Direct Line: $50 a month for messaging, uploads, and general guidance between appointments. Dedicated case review and case management are separate services.
- Comprehensive Analysis & Report: $100 an hour for dedicated review, research, conversations, and written guidance you can take to your care team.
- Full Case Management: $220 an hour for hands-on case work, including coordination with clinics and insurers and help preparing appeals.
How the hourly charges work
There is no ongoing retainer. Booking places a hold for the first hour, charged only if your advocate accepts your case. That first hour is the minimum. After that, your time is billed every 14 days, up to an hour limit you choose, including time spent on case messages, and you can pause at any time. Your case page shows the time worked and the date of your next bill.
The hourly agreement explains the bills every 14 days, your hour limit, pausing, cancellation, and refunds. Read it before booking, especially if you need to keep spending within a particular budget.
Independent advocacy
Hospitals, insurers, and community organizations may offer support too. Their services and scope vary, and they may be worth exploring before you pay for independent help.
Pocket Advocate is an independent service you hire directly. My role is to help you understand your options, keep your priorities clear, and work with the people involved in your care. I cannot control their decisions or promise a particular result.
Who you're hiring
I'm Eric, a professional patient advocate with 5 years' worth of boots on the ground experience, and an autoimmune encephalitis survivor. I know what it is like to have a complicated case that does not fit neatly into a box.
Eric, your advocateMy story: why I became an advocate
I came to advocacy after living through autoimmune encephalitis and learning how hard it can be to make a complicated medical story understandable to the people treating you. My role is to help you make the strongest use of the care available to you.
I became an advocate because, for three years, I learned exactly how badly I needed one.
Pocket Advocate is growing into a multidisciplinary team of advocates and medical professionals.
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